Yogi Berra (Lawrence Peter Berra)

Biography

St. Louis, Missouri, USA

One of baseball's greatest catchers of all time, Yogi Berra appeared in a record 14 World Series while calling the games for the New York Yankees. Berra proved invaluable to the Yankees as evidenced by his three Americal League Most Valuable Player awards. Berra was also one of the games best-hitting catchers, hitting 358 homers and hitting a crisp .285 in his career. Berra also proved his worth as one of the smartest men in the game, managing the Yankees and later the New York Mets. He took both teams to the World Series. Read more... fractured witicisms "It aint over till it's over." Still, if you were to start an all-star baseball team Berra would be one of top picks for catcher.